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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-26

Kansas has eleven unorganized
countries.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-26

Reports q Ed Z. Kone. couuty judge,
and Jas. O. Burleson, county and district
clerk. and the foll0Eiug justices q the
peace we're Examined and sTprOved- G. ;.
Co-k- precIDct No J; z A Vaughn. pre-
circf No. ?. r. g. H1bts. Trecsncf No 3;
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Il ras orlaroi taat the clerk sh11-4 no-i-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
THE VERMONT pH0lNIN BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY

and night. Monday afternoon at the usual
hour the engine was started and since then
all the machinery in Harmony building has
been running as usual, the break caused by
the giving out Of the old boiler being prac-
tically just a week in length. Mr. Crosby
showed his usual energy in driving the
work through without an hours DELAY and
was faithfully seconded in his efforts by
Il. q. Warren who had general charge Of
the work, John Connors who did the brick
laying and A. O, johnson who did the pip
ing.
The boiler is of 50-horse power, 10 feet
long, "a inches in diameter. and has go
fiues, its estimated steam capacity being
about double that Of the Old one. Il is
made throughout of the best nange steel
and is first class in every respect. Il was
made for a Massachusetts, concern. but in
consideration of the urgency of Crosby &
Co. s case the firm waived their claim TO IL
and agreed to wait for another to be made.
With such a boiler the occupants of Mr..
Crosby's buildings are happily rendered
safe from danger such as threatened them
with the old one, though without suspicion
of the fact on anybody's part
Full investigation of the three low pres
sure boilers used for heating Mr.. Crosby's
buildings revealed the fact that they had
all become unfit for use. It had been IN
contemplation to overhaul them this spring
after warm weather arrived. To bridge
over the difficulty connection for heating
purposes has been made with the new boil
err by means Of steam pressure regula
tor and next fall new heating boilers vii
he put in.
The old boiler was insured by the Hart
ford steam boiler and inspection company
When informed Of its dangerous condition
they offered TO pay the cost of putting in
new head and making it safe, and this weel
have made a satisfactory settlement witt
Mr.. Crosby of the loss covered by its failure
The new boiler cost $3.50 on the cars
Worcester and the total cost of making tn
change was upward of 5000
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
MINOR NOTES.

Charles S. Farchild, assistant secretary
and during the period Of MIR Manning's
disability acting secretary, has been APP
pointed treasurer and has assumed the du-
ties Of that position.
IL is the opinion in some quarters that
Congress will be convened in special SEES
sion about the first Of October. The spe'
cial necessity for such a session is the fail
urc If the deficiency bill.
On the LIST Of April there was in the
United States treasury S445, lIO24l Al
ter deductng the gold and silver held for
the redemption of outstanding certificates.
the reserve fund for the payment of the
greenhacks, aud the fractional currency
mot applicable for debt reduction the net
treasury surplus ON the LIST of April was
sci 800, 9S:. During March reduction
Of S12, sos. lGi was made in the national
debt.
John l.. Sullivan was presented to the
President at the last White House recep
ton A great and admiring crowd gather
ed on the occasion, which Indicated that
Sullivan might he regarded the bigger
man Of the two.
General Manager Hobart of the Contra
Vermont railroad left the Hotel del Monte
at Monterey, Cal, only the day before i
was burned
The United States doesn't monopolize al
the snow this year. A Vienna despatch t.
the London Times reports fall of two fee
of snow there, burying everything AM
blockading travel. Gwen in Goritz," tn
despatch adds "where all the trees are il
full blossom, 10 inches of snow covers tn
ground This years crop of fruit in thos
parts is destroyed"
Edward Burgess, the designer of the Pu
ritan and Mayfower, has designed for Gen
Paine steel sloop yacht of the first class
intended to defend the Americas Gu
against the Scotch cutter Thistle. 1t is a
legged that before the hull of the Thistl
was laid her builders sent a man to tn
country who, under assumed Names locke
over our shipyards and got exact plans, d
mansions and lines of the best America
yachts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08

was keeping house with her husband in one
of the little houses built 10y Gen. Armstrong
10 be homes for the Indian families that
might he brought to Hampton. Lucy and
Noah have NOW their own little farm III
Bancroft, Neb The ground was given them
by the government, aud the house was built
with money lent Noah by a Connecticut
branch Of the Indian rights association.
At last accounts they were prosperous and
happy, and hope to start II Sunday school
for the lndian children near them.
Miss Fletcher, whose self .denying labors
for the Indians are well known, lived for
some time in an Indian village, sleeping IN
teepec, and eating What the Indians ate.
On one Of these visits she fell i'll, and was
nursed through IA long illness 10y Susan La
Flesche. The skill and patience Of the Ind
ian girl attracted Miss Fletchers notice, and
she determined to educate her for a physl-
clan So She has sent her tn a medical
school i'm the enst. aud there she is lifting
herself for work of the greatest import
ance among her own people. Bright Eyes, "
who is IA modest, retiring woman of educa-
ton and refinement, became the wife of
Mr.. r. II. Tibbles, a white man, and well
known rs a friend of the Indian through
his connection with Standing Bear. Mr..
and Mrs. Tibhles have devoted themselves
to the cause Of the Indians, and are doing
all in their power for the advancement and
uplifting of their down-trodden race. Mr..
Tibbles is a most acceptable and pleasing
speaker, and Bright Eyes, his wife, with
her own peculiar charm and grace, presents
to her attentive listeners a most convincing
proof of the merits of the cause she pleads.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
nrARMnR,sn RnJo1NDRR.

Editors Of Picnic We see that our
communication which appeared in The
Phpnix March 25th is being severely crit
cised We do not wish 10 enter into any
controversy but are willing to submit the
question Just as it stands TO any and every
one, who is qualified to judge, 10 form their
own opinions as 10 whether we are right or
wrong. 1t was not our intention 10 wrong
any one. We considered that we had
grievances and presented them, and thought
il II proper time to do so, az the question had
been brought up. As arrangements were
being made for market day in Brattle
boro, we Thought that if the mistakes of
the past were pointed out and understood
by the board of trade, and corrected, it
would be better for all concerned, and Brat
tleboro would secure the trade from other
towns in the county that has gone in other
directions. The prosperity Of town de
ponds upon its resources and opportunities
and the manner in which they are made
use Of BY being 40 centrally located with
so many farming towns that with suitable
announcement would bring oil their trade
TO Brattleboro, this trade ought to be one
of the great resources of the place, and it
is for the people Of Brattleboro to say
whether they will improve their Opportuni
ty and secure the trade of those towns, OF
close their doors and let il go elsewhere
We wish for the prosperity of Brattleboro,
but at the same time for the protection OF
our own rights and interests. FARMER
Guilford Centre. April 18th, 1897.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
The Free.Pnss Abuse.

There seems to be abundant evidence that
the railroad companies are glad to avail
themselves of the provisions of the inter
state commerce law to get rid of the free
pass abuse, which had grown to eat up even
a larger part of the legitimate railroad earn
ings than the public imagined. A Boston
railroad man. representing one of the large
New England companies, is reported as say
ing;
"Nobody but railroad man knows how
extensive the free-pass system was in Bos-
ton. Last summer, during the White Noun
tain season, the Boston & Lowell road kept
a clerk who did nothing else but fiji out
passes for applicants He was kept busy,
too The stubs of free-pass books in the
different railroad offices of Boston would
make big library if they were all collect
ed The growth of the pass system, like
that of any other vice, has been gradual
and insidious The manager or agent of u
| road goes to IA tailor for instance, and gets
a good bargain in suit of clothes In a
/ few weeks the tailor comes and wants "a
pass. He gets it. Later he wants one for
/ his wife, his partner, his sister, his friends
| and his acquaintances. Our greatest loss,
however, has been in the case of those
merchants who handle large amounts of
freight They pay cash for the transporta
ton of their goods and, having choice OF
lines over which the freight may come, they
have been in the habit of going from one
railroad official to another, using this lever
age not only for themselves, but for theiI
customers and friends The number OF
season passes given to Boston merchants i,
beyond computation. The president of on,
of the leading trunk lines says that if the
pass system were done away, the receipts
Of his line from passenger traffic would b,
increased at least 81 ,00O 600 That repre-
sents ten per cent ON $40, 00O, 900 Of capital
And that is but one trunk line
Figures were given showing the exten
to which different roads had allowed them
selves to be victimized. The Chicago, Bur
stance, said he supposed that 20 per cent O
the traffic last year was deadhead mainl
to politicians and their kind George Gould
of the Gould system, said that under tn
abuse as it had grown up, members of Con
gress and state legislatures, politicians gen
orally, and all large shippers of freight, eA
pected passes as "a matter of course, and
measure under which all the roads could az
!, together to get rid of the evil was gre,
< relief
: The fact seems to he, that, while all Il
companies have recognized the evil and $
cretly writhed under it, no one of them hi
, had the courage to stand out against
. single handed, lest its competitors should /
= the means gain an advantage,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
senator sherman,s views.

John Sherman refuses to magnify the i'm
portance of the incident at Birmingham
Ala, where hotel keeper refused to admit
a delegation of colored people to call upon
him, what pleased me most" the Sena
tor says, was that the representative peo
pile at Birmingham Of all shades Of opinion,
condemned the hotel-keeper and apologized
for the act" At other points in the South,
as at Nashville colored men called on the
Senator without hindrance or objection.
Mr.. Sherman is reported as greatly i'm
pressed with the wonderful material pros
perity which has grown up in the South.
As regards politics he is quoted as saying:
"There are six Southern states that are
naturally Republican. These are North
Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama and Tennessee. But for the race
prejudice existing, there would he no diff
Guilty in adding them to the Republican col
umn A Southern colored man is Repub-
lican mstinctively. Educate him, and he
becomes all the more confirmed in his ad
herence. Where the negroes are the more
numerous and the whites comparatively
few, there it is all Democratic, strange Ia
say. We certainly ought to do something
to protect these people. think we will dc
so in the next Presidential campaign. Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Florida are very
closely divided, politically, even now, Ten
nessee and North Carolina naturally belong
to us. We ought TO have them both. Pro
lection is doing much for the Republican
party in the South. The tendency of the
Democratic party is in the direction of free
trade. Every manufacturer is a natura
protectionist, The brains and the capita
of the South are getting away from the lead
| ers ON this point.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08

The past week has brought several days
of good sugar weather, but the quantity OF
sugar which has come into the market is
very small Comparatively few farmers
are yet at work in their orchards on ac-
count Of the depth Of snow and reports
from the hill towns say that probably a
good many will not try TO make any sugar
this year
Up to the end Of last week all traffic went
on runners, but the bright warm sun on
Sunday cut away the snow in the main
streets and ON Monday all heavy leaning
began to go on wheels. Since then the
snow has steadily worn away 80 that wheels
have come into general use in the village.
The hill roads, however, are still as well
snow bound as in nidwinter There is said
to be no frost in the ground and the snow is
completely honey combed at the bottom so
that warm rain or south wind would make
it disappear suddenly and the main body
would probably settle into the ground. As
vet the streams, the Connecticut river in
cluded, are very low for the season aud
show little rise from the melting snow.
In the hill towns sleighing began the last
of November. In Brattleboro and ON the
river roads snow enough came 10 make good
sleighing from the It'll to the 10Th of DE
cember This record indicates ll2 10 III
days of good sleighing on the river, We
shall be glad 10 have a reliable record from
some of the hill towns when the season is
really over there.
The accounts given in the Springfield and
| and Northampton papers Indicate that the
| Western Massachusetts hills are buried even
deeper than our own Windham hills. The
newspapers and the oldest inhabitants
abound with recollections Of seasons, with
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08

Of all the Indian tribes now emerging from
the savage state into one of standardization,
none attracts more interest than the tribe Of
the Omahas, They originally owned the land
where Omaha, Neb, now stands, but were
at length induced to sell it and then they
were moved by the government TO reser
walton some eighty miles from the city. As
tribe they are more civilized, perhaps
than any other and Just now attention j.,
being turned towards them ON account of
their well-known representative, Bright
Eyes" One of the chiefs of the Omahas is
AN old man, named La Flesche. Mrs, Quin
ton, secretary of the Woman's National Ind
ian Rights ASSOCIATION, who visited the Oma
Ina reservation short time ago describes
him as a man of far more than ordinary
ability, digniRed in appearance, and acute
of mind. This man is known to us, how
ever, only through his three daughters,
Lucy La Flesche, Susan La Flesche, and
Mrs. Tibbles, better known as Bright
Eyes.
Four years ago Lucy La Flesche with her
husband, Noah, was brought TO Hampton
Va, to be educated, As her husband wa,
of lower rank than herself, he had assumed
her name ON marriage, and so is Noah La
Flesche. He was the real wild Indian" in
his blanket, while Lucy was not much NOR,
civilized than he. A stay of three years al
Hampton wrought marvellous change il
these two. During her last year at sehoo
Lucy wrote 10 the friends who had sup
ported her during her stay there, tina
she was studying history, civil govern
ment and literature. At the same time sh,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
HAPPY MINNESOTA

Editor Of The PhRnir II see by your
last weeks issue that Wilmington has been
shut out from the outside world for a week
or So Then your Wilmington correspond
ent goes on b. howl over the storms in Mon
tana, where ''the snowflakes are SO large
that four make good sleighing' | will not
try to convince my Wilmington friend that
the journal enarges facts, only in justice
to the country let me inform him that we
don't keep winter all the year here the way
they do in Wilmington if it does come in
chunks" While our friend was gazing out
wistfully at the blowing snow the other
dav. Minnesota and Dakota farmers were
dragging and sowing their wheat. As
am in Minnesota, let me inform your Viii
mington readers that the tops of the tele-
graph poles came in sight about the first
day of March and now we have good wheel
ing and expect to SOW turnips next week.
send my heartfelt sympathy to your cor
respondent and Wilmington in general and
hope they will soon enjoy the April breezes
that we have been enjoying the past four
weeks Yours truly, W. 4. $.
900 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis, Mimi.
March 30, 1887.
We trust our Wilmington correspondent
will not unkindly throw up at our Mime
sofa friend in return any mention of the
big blizzard which was reported as prevail
ing in Dakota and along the line Of the
Northern Pacific railroad last Saturday and
reaching Minneapolis and St Paul on Sun
daV. Nor do We mean to throw it up at
any friends who write us from that vicini
ty about warm weather singing birds, dust y
roads and spring flowers in bloom En-.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08

John Godfrey SAKE, the poet, died at his
home in Albany, n. Y, on Thursday of last
week, at the age of II years. Mr.. SAKE
was born at Highgate, this state, in 1916,
was graduated from Middlebury college i'll
1899, and began practice of the law at st.
Adams in 1913. Yielding to his strong lit
erary proclivities, he accepted the editor
ship of the Burlington Sentinel in 1850,
which position he held for five years. He
was states attorney in 1851, and his promi-
hence in politics made him at one time the
Democratic candidate for governor of the
state His first collection of poems was
published in 1919. As a writer of spark
ling and pungent verse he attained a world
wide celebrity Riding on the Rail, one
of his best known short poems, has per
haps been quoted and recited more than
any poem of the kind now extant, Among
his other noted poems are The Proud Miss
Mcbride, 1.-The Money King" The Fly
ing Dutchman, or the wrath of Herr Won
Stopplenoze, " and "The Masquerade" Ma
ny of his longer poems were first delivered
at college commandments and other ami
versary occasions. His great popularity
as a poet and satirist is attested by the fac
that over 40 editions of his works hav,
been published in the United Stntes. Dur
ing the later years of his life he became
connected with the Albany Evening Journal
but subsequently removed to Brooklyn
where he resided for time. Mr.. Sax
has been of late years in feeble health, ant
his cheerful spirit has been beclouded b!
the loss of dearly beloved members of hi
family, so that his recent contributions t.
literature have been few. His remain
were taken to Greenwood cemetery 70
burial beside those of his wife and tire
dauphters
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
ANOTHER BRArrLEBoRo Roy

Mr.. Barna A. Clark has received letters
within the past week announcing the sue
cessful graduation of his son, VIM. b. Clark
from the great university in Munich Bava-
ria, and the comforting upon him, with due
formalities, Of the degree Of Doctor of Phil
osophy. Young Clark gives somewhat
amusing account of the requirements which
were exacted of him, and the ceremonies
through which he was obliged TO pass. First
he presented to the Dean Of the university
his graduating dissertation on the geology
of the Northern Alps, the material for which
he gathered in several weeks of mountain
climbing and original investigation during
the last summer vacation. Accompanying
the dissertation, as the rules required, were
history of his life statement of all
his preparatory studies, and IA quest to be
admitted TO the examination rigorosum
In the course OF ten days formal permission
was granted him to take the examinations
which consisted OF forenoon of severe
written work and an afternoon when he
had the pleasure" of sitting at table with
four learned professors. who diligently piled
him with questions The reward for this
trying ordeal, however, was cordial assur-
ance from the professors of geology and
mineralogy that he had acquitted himself
with great credit Examinations in other
departments followed and then came the
long expected day Of promotion, when,
according to the ceremonial Of the time
honored institution, the young candidate
presented himself in the hall arrayed in the
prescribed custume-dress coat, sword and
thTee-cOrnered hat-and joined in the pro
cession, which was led by two Pedells ar
rayed in black robes and carving brass
/ sceptres after them the Rector Magnificus
/ president Of the university, with toga and
/ golden chain about his neck then the Dean
similarly clad, and by his side the young
man from BrattlebOro. During the public
exercises Mr. Clark had to hold All argu-
ment in German with the professors on
some scientific subject and defend himself
against their attacks on his views-but the
end Of it all was that the Rector conferred
ON him the coveted degree, and both the
Rector and the Dean made short speeches
referring in highly complimentary terms T.
the attainments which he had shown This
was pleasant to Mr. Clark undoubtedly, and
it is a source of real pride and pleasure Il
all his Brattleboro friends 10 learn Of the
deserved laurels which he has won.
Mr.. Clark and his mother are to leav,
Munich soon for London, where Mr.. Clarl
will spend the summer in studying collec
tons IN the great museums uf the city, un,
they expect N sail for home at the end u
August.
Mr. Clark has been offered and has az
cepted position in the Johns Hopkins uni
versity at Baltimore, an Institution whicl
through it, magnificent endowment hold
equal rank with Harvard. Yale and Prince
ton. Here he will undertake the organiza
ton of Il geological department, with tn
promise of u career of usefulness and con
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-08
Bellows Falls.

DEATH OF HON j. ID. BRlDGMAN.
Hon. j. u. Bridgman was stricken with
paralysis last Tuesday afternoon while sit
ting in his Office, and died Thursday morn
ing, having remained most of the time un-
conscious. Mr.. Bridgnan was the son Of
the late DR.. Benz. H. Bridgman of Graf
ton, where he was born June 10, 1928
After receiving an academic education he
studied law at Saxtons River and Bellows
Falls and was admitted to the bar in 1851,
since which time he has been in continuous
practice in the same office. Soon after his
admission TO the bar he married Miss Sarah
+. Conant, daughter of the late VIM h.
Conant, whom he leaves widow, but no
children. He had served in both branches
Of the legislature, representing the town
in 1878, and was a member of the senate
in 1901. His legal attainments were re
garded as above the average and he was
sometimes spoken of as qualified for Judi
cial position. He enlisted in the 10Th Vt
Volunteers and was appointed adjutant,
but after a service of few months resign
ed and returned 10 his practice His fun
eral will be attended at his late residence on
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
At the village corporation meeting held
on Monday j. c. Day, Geo. A. Brown and
w. A. Miller were elected bailiffs and f. 4.
Bolles clerk